Electroshock Therapy Archives – Citizens Commission on Human Rights, CCHR

Mental Health Watchdog Applauds Call for Independent Enquiry into Electroconvulsive Therapy

by CCHR Florida | Sep 15, 2020 | ECT, Legislation

According to a post published in Psychology Today by John Read, Ph.D., a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of East London, “forty experts (including researchers, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals” have written the Minister for Health...

Mental Health Watchdog Renews Call for a Ban on Electroshock Device

by CCHR Florida | Jul 14, 2020 | ECT

In the wake of a recent study published in the journal Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry calling for the use of electroshock treatment (ECT) to be suspended immediately due to the risk of side effects such as brain damage, the Florida chapter of the mental...

Mental Health Watchdog Calls for Ban on Electroshock Device in Florida

by CCHR Florida | Jun 18, 2020 | ECT

In light of the fact that the FDA admits electroshock (ECT) can cause brain damage and death the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is calling for a ban on the device being used in Florida. [1] According to federal records, over 20,000 Americans received...

Electroshock Therapy’s Permanent Damage

by CCHR Florida | Dec 1, 2010 | ECT

Electroshock therapy still exists, despite a long-established record of permanent mental damage and memory loss. Psychiatrist Michael Corry is an opponent to this “therapy.” In his words: “Memory loss is the first obvious result. Other factors compromised include...